6216.000 Vaccinium L.

Fayaz, F. (2011) Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand

Description of the genus

Shrubs, creeping or small trees, terrestrial or epiphytic. Leaves spirally arranged, usually with a marginal gland on each side close to the base; margins entire or serrate. Inflorescence racemes or fascicles or solitary, terminal or axillary, pedicels usually with two bracteoles. Calyx limb lobed or toothed; corolla urceolate, campanulate or tubular, lobes 4 or 5. Fruit berries crowned by the disc and persistent calyx. Seeds many, small, ellipsoid, irregularly compressed.

Worldwide: 450 species in Central and South America, Europe, Africa, Madagascar and Asia.

Mozambique: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
madagascariense (Thouars ex Poir.) Sleumer	N

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Vaccinium
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